Description
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
Author: Rosemary V. Hathaway
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 01/27/2020
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781949199314
ISBN10: 1949199312
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Education | History
Author: Rosemary V. Hathaway
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 01/27/2020
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781949199314
ISBN10: 1949199312
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Education | History
About the Author
Rosemary V. Hathaway is an associate professor of English at West Virginia University, where she teaches folklore, American literature, and young adult literature.